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ENFEEBLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make weak

Example:

Life in the camp drained him

Synonyms:

debilitate; drain; enfeeble

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "enfeeble" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enfeeble"):

emaciate; macerate; waste (cause to grow thin or weak)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to enfeeble Sue

Derivation:

enfeeblement (serious weakening and loss of energy)

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